Texarkana, AR Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Texarkana, AR Summary

Crime in Texarkana research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Texarkana over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Texarkana:

  • There were 1,361 total crimes committed in Texarkana the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,638.9 total crimes per 100K people in Texarkana.
  • The overall crime rate in Texarkana is 99.59% above the national average.
  • Texarkana ranks #183 safest out of 206 cities in Arkansas.
  • Texarkana ranks #9,286 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Texarkana Vs Arkansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Texarkana is 4,638.9 per 100,000 people. That's 99.59% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 41.20% higher than the Arkansas total crime rate of 3,285.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Texarkana
/ 100k People
Arkansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,361 4,638.9 3,285.3 2,324.2
Murder 7 23.9 10.6 6.3
Robbery 20 68.2 52.0 66.1
Aggravated Assault 252 858.9 535.8 268.2
Violent Crime 292 995.3 671.9 369.8
Burglary 187 637.4 523.1 269.8
Larceny 799 2,723.3 1,828.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 83 282.9 261.8 282.7
Property Crime 1,069 3,643.6 2,613.4 1,954.4

Texarkana Crime Compared To Arkansas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Arkansas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Texarkana

292
Violent Crimes
995.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
169.14%
Above The National Average
  • There were 292 violent crimes in Texarkana in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Texarkana is 995.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 100.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Texarkana each year. That compares to a 1 in 148.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 169.14% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 48.12% higher than the Arkansas violent crime rate of 671.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Texarkana

1,069
Property Crimes
3,643.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
86.43%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,069 property crimes in Texarkana in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Texarkana is 3,643.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 27.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Texarkana each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 86.43% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 39.42% higher than the Arkansas property crime rate of 2,613.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Texarkana

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Texarkana, TX 35,859 1,195 3,332.5 2,914.2 418.3
Magnolia, AR 11,059 441 3,987.7 3,445.2 542.5
Hope, AR 8,535 390 4,569.4 3,538.4 1,031.0
De Queen, AR 6,069 165 2,718.7 2,240.9 477.8
Springhill, LA 4,597 38 826.6 739.6 87.0
Nash, TX 3,882 63 1,622.9 1,133.4 489.4

Texarkana SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
3
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
9
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